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House approves statewide pawnshop database bill with fees, repeal date to pressure final negotiations
Summary
House passed Senate Bill 192 to create a statewide pawnshop database and uniform procedures for handling suspected stolen goods, including a $250 annual fee for pawnshops, a voluntary $2-per-officer law enforcement fee, and a May 1, 2005 repeal trigger; vote 62-1.
The Utah House approved Senate Bill 192 on March 3, 2004, establishing a statewide database for pawnshop transactions and setting uniform procedures for holds and seizures by law enforcement.
Representative Tom Dunnigan, sponsor, told the House the bill represents years of negotiations among law enforcement, prosecutors, pawnshop owners and other stakeholders. The measure creates an electronic system for pawn…
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